www.grandmotherearth.org/id2.html DEADLINE: JULY 15, 2009 (POSTMARK) GRANDMOTHER EARTH XIV NATIONAL WRITING AWARDS PO Box 2018, Cordova, TN 38088 PHONE: 901-309-3692; E-mail: gmoearth@aol.com www.grandmotherearth.org Work can be unpublished or published. Money award entries (and selected finalists if permission is given) will be published in Grandmother Earth XVI. Rights to previously published work must belong to the author. No profanity or...

www.pearlmag.com/contests.html $1,000 & BOOK PUBLICATION Judge: Debra Marquart GUIDELINES MANUSCRIPTS should include a title page with the author’s name, address, phone number, and e-mail address; an acknowledgment page listing previously published poems; a table of contents, 48–64 pages of original poetry; and an SASE for reply or return of manuscript. Manuscripts should be unbound, typed, pages numbered, and name should appear on...

www.uakron.edu/uapress/poetryprize.html The Akron Series in Poetry was founded to bring to the public writers who speak in original and compelling voices. Each year, The University of Akron Press offers the Akron Poetry Prize, a competition open to all poets writing in English. The winning poet receives $1,000 and publication of his or her book. The final selection will be made by a nationally prominent poet. The final judge for 2009 is Martín...

short fiction, creative non-fiction, poetic prose, or poetry www.evbooks.net/contest.htm First Prize $500 Two Second Prizes of $100 each Entries are now invited for the EV nature writing contest. Only winners will be notified and entries will not be acknowledged or returned. The deadline for receipt of entries falls on October 15 (of each year). The EV nature writing contest is held to support the cause of writing on the subject of nature and...

newportreview.org/contests.htm The 2009 Flash Fiction Contest will open for entries on June 1, 2009. Stories will be considered from June through the postmark deadline of September 1, 2009. This year’s guest judge will be announced. We are looking for works that are short in length but linger long in memory: small stories that pack a big emotional punch and make creative use of language. Please note that this year, we are accepting...

NANO Fiction is proud to announce our first annual NANO Prize, to be awarded to a flash fiction piece, prose poem, or micro essay of 300 words or less. The winner will receive $500. www.nanofiction.org/contest.html The entry fee is $12 for the first three pieces, and $2 for each additional piece. Those twelve bucks also gets you a one year subscription to NANO Fiction. RULES Friends and family of the editors are not eligible to submit. While...

www.memphismagazine.com/gyrobase/Magazine/Page?oid=21607 Cosponsored by Burke’s Book Store and Davis-Kidd Booksellers We are seeking entries for our annual fiction contest. The winning story will earn a $1,000 grand prize and will be published in a future issue of Memphis. Two honorable mention awards of $500 each will be given if the quality of entries warrants. Contest cosponsors are Burke’s Book Store, and Davis-Kidd Booksellers....